TREGEA v. MODESTO IRRIGATION DISTRICT (1896) - Ballotpedia

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TREGEA v. MODESTO IRRIGATION DISTRICT

Term: 1896
Important Dates
Argued: January 23, 1896
Decided: November 16, 1896
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-3
Majority
David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
Henry Billings Brown • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan

TREGEA v. MODESTO IRRIGATION DISTRICT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 16, 1896. The case was argued before the court on January 23, 1896.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the California State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 164 U.S. 179
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: David Josiah Brewer

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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